weasel 2 Posted February 9, 2008 Harry Landis dead, but the only US WWI survivor now left is going out partying still.... Working link?. I can't get it to work... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted February 29, 2008 One of those awkward "World War I era" veterans has died - 105 year old American Floyd Matthews. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted March 7, 2008 Harry Patch immortalised in verse by poet laureate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted March 7, 2008 A brief interview with Patch today on Radio 4. Obviously very wavery, but still together, bless him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted March 8, 2008 Doughboy meets donut. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weasel 2 Posted March 10, 2008 Mr. Buckles is still looking very good, considering his age, and I am betting he will still be around when 2009 rolls around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted March 11, 2008 Australia's last surviving WWI veteran turns 109. Also the first time that he's been acknowledged as Australia's oldest man, as far as I know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted March 12, 2008 The last French WWI veteran has died. Lazare Ponticelli Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 2, 2008 Last believed Turkish vet, Yakup Satar, has died. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 3, 2008 Meanwhile Henry Allingham was out and about this week enjoying a flypast of RAF planes over London to celebrate the centenary of the whole operation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted April 3, 2008 He had an operation on his hole 100 years ago? Meanwhile Henry Allingham was out and about this week enjoying a flypast of RAF planes over London to celebrate the centenary of the whole operation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 3, 2008 He had an operation on his hole 100 years ago?Meanwhile Henry Allingham was out and about this week enjoying a flypast of RAF planes over London to celebrate the centenary of the whole operation. How can it be the centenary when the RAF was only formed 90 years ago? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 3, 2008 Okay, so he was celebrating 90 years of the RAF. Either way, we composed a song in his honour: Oh, he is a very old man His name is Henry Allingham Once he was in World War One Now his life is almost done. Struggling with the next verse, I'm sure one of you can help us out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Monoclinic 39 Posted April 3, 2008 Okay, so he was celebrating 90 years of the RAF. Either way, we composed a song in his honour: Oh, he is a very old man His name is Henry Allingham Once he was in World War One Now his life is almost done. Struggling with the next verse, I'm sure one of you can help us out. For some esteemed members around these parts, Henrywatch is about as interesting as stagnant farts. Alas, at least, his life isn't such a bore, As one of these so called deathlist posting whores. Only kidding mate, or summat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted April 3, 2008 Last believed Turkish vet, Yakup Satar, has died. UK obit, important not because someone picked him on the DDP, but because it seems to indicate that (along with the last few WWI vet obits) most of the remaining WWI vets will get a mention somewhere in the UK press. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 3, 2008 Last believed Turkish vet, Yakup Satar, has died. UK obit, important not because someone picked him on the DDP, but because it seems to indicate that (along with the last few WWI vet obits) most of the remaining WWI vets will get a mention somewhere in the UK press. The last 4 UK Veterans will get an obit giving the news articles that were run on them last year. I just wonder who will be the last one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted April 3, 2008 The last 4 UK Veterans will get an obit giving the news articles that were run on them last year.I just wonder who will be the last one UK based - Bill Stone Australia based - Claude Choules They would be my guesses. But I do hope Henry Allingham not only becomes oldest man in the world outright, but oldest Briton, then oldest person in the world. Think only 24 odd people have to go which is easy if we invite 1-24 to a party with some poisoned rum punch & don't invite Henry to the same party due to an invite getting "lost in the post".... Or maybe nature will take its course as intended. Either way, I suspect there to be a handful of vets at the end of the year, but those veterans will probably last for a few years yet - Buckles in particular seems very good for his advanced age, so one survivor in 2014, the 100th anniversary can't totally be ruled out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted April 3, 2008 Aha, I was wondering about the 4 - I wasn't sure if Claude was still with us, he is of course British despite having lived in Oz for many years. The other being Harry Patch of course, who still seems pretty spry. Thought that "poem" Motion wrote for him recently was crap though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted April 11, 2008 But I do hope Henry Allingham not only becomes oldest man in the world outright, but oldest Briton, then oldest person in the world. Think only 24 odd people have to go which is easy if we invite 1-24 to a party with some poisoned rum punch & don't invite Henry to the same party due to an invite getting "lost in the post".... No need to invite Elizabeth Stefan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted April 11, 2008 No need to invite Elizabeth Stefan. Y'know, first thing I thought when I saw she had gone is "good, another one down & Henry moves up one". Rather worrying this behaviour, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted April 11, 2008 No need to invite Elizabeth Stefan. Y'know, first thing I thought when I saw she had gone is "good, another one down & Henry moves up one". Rather worrying this behaviour, I think. Henry's officially listed at #22 now, but there's at least one older woman - Japan's oldest person, an anonymous woman, was born May 10, 1895. And that's not even counting all the "maybe" cases listed here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 15, 2008 Henry Allingham was out and about visiting a sick 11 year old Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 15, 2008 Oddly, Allingham might outlive that 11 year old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted May 3, 2008 Continuing today's trend of me posting unverifiable news (unless you can read this link), the last central powers WWI veteran, Franz Künstler is in hospital with a broken hip and an intestinal obstruction, neither of which is conducive to long life in a 107-year-old. Given how wide the international coverage was for Erich Kästner, I suspect that his status as the last Central Powers veteran will produce a (delayed) reaction good enough for most DPs, including Handy's upcoming one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starch 1 Posted May 10, 2008 Not terribly interesting but nevertheless nice piece on John Babcock the last known surviving Canadian vet, looking fairly spry (although the photos are from last summer). Although no news really means simply "no news." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
